Voice for toys



8. E. LLOYD .VOICE FOR TOYS Original Filed Nov.29. 1921 l/VVE/VTOH5087541. 0%

W/T/VESSES WQZMQZ'M A TTOR/VEY Patented Nov. 15, 1927.

BURT n. LLOYD, or MonroLaIn, new JERSEY, assicinon TO VOICESrnconronarnn,

a CORPORATION or DELAVTAEE.

VOICE 1 R TOYS.

Application filed November 29, 1921, Serial No. 518,598. RenewedFebruary 12, 1927.

The invention relates to sound'producing devices and more particularlyto devices adapted for incorporation in toy eiiigies of human beings andanimals, such as dolls and the like, and has for its object to provide anovel and simple device arranged to produce predetermined sounds insimulation of natural sounds associated. with the original which isrepresented by the efiigy.

1a The invention contemplates further the In the accompanying drawing-Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through a sounding devicedisclosing one embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view similar to Figure 1 but shown tilted withthe parts moved to a different position.

Figure 3 is an end view oi the structure shown in Figure 1. Y

Figure 4-. is a sectional view through Fig- ,i.) ure 1 approximately online a d.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a tubularcasing formed oi any desired material and provided with a cap 2 at oneend which may be removably or rigidly secured in place but when in placeseals the end of the casing 1 air-tight. 'The cap 2 is provided with anaperture 3 oi'considerable size and adjacent this aperture on theoutside of the cap is a small covering cap or container 4t in which areed tube 5 is mounted so that one end will project beyond the-coveringa9 41. A reed 6, provided with upturned lip (3, is mounted on the reedtube 5 so that when sufficient volume, the reed 6 will produce a sound.This reed and reed tube are so proportioned as to produce a cryingsound. Centrally of the casing 1 is arranged a 5 partition 7 whichprovided with an aperair is forced into the covering cap 4 in :1

turc 8 at the center for receiving and guidmg the stem 9, which stem isappreciably smaller than the aperture whereby air may be forced from thebellows chamber 10 into the reed chamber 11 and from thence throughaperture 3 for operating the reed 6. Arranged'in the bellows chamber 10is a flexible bellows 12 constructed. similar to the bellows set forthin my prior Patent No. 1,277,229, issued August 27, 1918. This bel lowsis provided with a head 13 rigidly secured to the casing 1 and providedwith an air opening 1% designed to discharge air into the chamber 15formed by the cap'16. A head or COlhPl'GSSlOH member 17 ot' considerableweight, preferably formed with a circular periphery, is arranged at theopposite end of the bellows and acts to collapse the bellows as shown inFigure 2 when turned in the right direction, namely, so that the openinglet will be in a lowered position. The stem 9 extends loosely throughthe hole 13 and carries valve disks 18 and 19 which are adapted to passthrough the opening or mouth 20 in the division plate 21 and also passthrough the rubber lips 22 whereby an articulation is produced. Thesevalve disks pass through the lips 22 as the reed 23, provided withupturned lip 23 is sounding, said reed being associated with a reed tube2 1- extending from the chamber 15 into the chamber 25. When the bellows12 is dis tended, both of the valve disks are posiiii tioned in thechamber 25 so that as the device is tilted and the weighted head orcompresfion member 17 begins to collapse the bellows, a sound will beproduced by the reed 23 and also the valve disk 18 will begin to passthrough the lips As soon as it frees itself from the lips, the soundinn. will be produced and a little later a second sound ma will beproduced as the disk 19 passes through the lips. This gives a sound verysimilar to a small child calling for its mother. The disks or abutments18 and 19 during movement.relative to the sound escape opening, at whichthe resilient lip 22 is positioned, engage the resilient lip 22, andunder the influence 01"" the compression member, the edge of theresilient lip 22 is picked up and travels for a short. distance with thedisks or abutments 18 and 19 and is thereby put under slight tension,whereupon, as the distance between the sound escape opening and thedisks or abutments 18 and 19 becomes greater the rubber lip snaps fromthe disks or abutments 18 and 19 and gives the initial sounds full andsharp articulation.

lVhen the device is inverted and the weight or compression member 17begins to move toward the partition or division plate 7, air will beforced through the aperture 8 into the chamber 11 and from thence outthrough the reed tube 5. This will cause the reed 6 to give anunarticulated sound which is intended to resemble the crying of a childso that when the device is placed into a doll it may be caused to cry orsay ma-ma.

It will be understood that the form in the drawing is only an example ofthe invention chosen for the purposes of illustration and description.The invention consists primarily of a tubular bellows member attached atone end to a stationary head, and at its other end to a movable head, incombination with a reed or equivalent sounding element "arried by one ofsaid heads and a nontlexing member mounted upon one head and piercingthe other head, with a clearance sufficient to permit free movementbetween the pierced head and the member and to guide said movable headand steady the bellows throughout its range of movements. To completethe operative structure, the movable head is weighted, for instance, bybeing provided with a weight of such proportions and heaviness as tooperate the bellows by gravity alone and to compel its collapse 1111-aided by any other means, said weight being,

however, light enough to be retarded in its descent by the air in thecollapsing bellows, so that, although the collapse is positive, it isgradual and relatively slow, whereby the desired sound effects areproduced in a reliable and efiicient manner. In the preferred form, thesingle bellows is arranged to alternately operate devices whereby soundsof dill'erent predetermined characteristics are produced in simulationof natural sounds peculiar to the original of the toy efiigy in whichthe sound producing device is incorporated. It will, therefore, be notedthat there is provided a double acting sound producer for toys having abody with perforated disks forming a bellows chamber in the body. Itwill also be noted that there are arranged reed boxes over theperforations in the disks with lips on said reed and means forarticulating the sound coming from the lips of oneof said reeds.

\Vhat I claim is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a bellows having aflexible body, a gravity movable weighty member for moving said bellowsto both an opened and closed position, and a sound producing devicearranged adjacent each end of the bellows and adapted to be sounded asthe bellows is collapsed and expanded respectively and means carried bythe weighty member adapted to interrupt the sound issuing from one ofsaid sound producing devices and means to prevent any substantialtilting of said weighty member during the movement thereof.

A sound producing device comprising a pair of spaced sounding members,and a bellows arranged between said members, a weighty member carrying afree end of said bellows and operatively associated therewith forcausing said sounding members to operate and means to prevent anysubstantial tilting of said weighty member during the movement thereof.

3. A sound producing device comprising a tubular body, means fordividing said body into two compartments, said compartments being infree communication, a sounding device arranged adjacent each end of saidtubular body, a bellows in one of said compartments for operating saidsounding devices, a weight for operating said bellows in two directions,said weight acting to force air into the compartment not carrying thebellows whereby the sounding device opposite said last mentionedcompartment will be operated.

l. A sounding device comprising a container, a weighted bellows arrangedin said container, said bellows being adapted to be collapsed by saidweight, a reed sounded by the air from said bellows as it is collapsed,a rubber member having a round aperture forming lips and articulatingdisks of a size slightly larger than the aperture in said rubber member,said disks being connected with said weight, and movable through saidlips for producing an articulation as said reed is sounded and means toguide the weight during movement thereof.

5. A sound producing device comprising a container, a partition havinga. central aperture, said partition dividing the container into twocompartments, a sounding member provided with a reed arranged adjacentone of said compartments and adapted to receive air from saidcompartment so as to be operated, a bellows arranged in the other ofsaid compartments. :1 weighton said hellows for causing the collapsingand distending of the bellows, a reed arranged near one end of saidbellows and operated by the air from said be'llows. and means adjacentsaid reed and operated by said bellows for producing an articulation asthe reed is operated.

(i. A sound producing device for toys comprising a casing. a divisionmember for dividing the easing into two compartments, said divisionmember having a centrally arranged aperture, a -ap for one end of saidcasing having an aperture, an auxiliary cap positioned on the firstmentioned cap and covering said aperture. :1 reed tube extending throughsaid second mentioned cap so that luo lltl

one end will be interiorly thereof and the other end exteriorly thereof,a reed co-acting with said reed tube for producing a sound when air isforced from the container into said auxiliary cap, a bellows arranged inone of said compartments, a weight connected with said bellows forcausing the bellows to be collapsed and distended according to which endof the container is uppermost, the turning of the container causing theair at one time to be forced through the aperture in said divisionmember and from thence into said auxiliary cap and when turned in theopposite direction to cause the bellows to col lapse and force airtherefrom in a different direction, a sounding reed arranged to beoperated by the air from said bellows, and an articulating mechanismarranged adjacent said last mentioned reed.

7. A double acting sound producer for toys, comprising a body,perforateddisks forn'iing a bellows chamber in said body, reed boxesover the perforations in said disks, reeds in said boxes, lips on saidreeds, and means for articulating the sound coming from the lips of oneof said reeds.

8. A sound producing device comprising a hollow body, a. bellowstherein, means for operating said bellows, a plurality of sound ingmeans carried by said body and adapted to be independently actuated bysaid bellows, and means whereby the character of the sounds emitted byone sounding means is distinguished from the sounds emitted by the othermeans, said means for operating said bellows comprising a gravityoperated weight and means to prevent any substantial tilting of saidweight during the movement thereof.

9. A sound producing device comprising a hollow body, sounding elementslocated at opposite ends of said body in communication with the interiorthereof, a weighted bellows for alternately actuating said soundingelements, and means associated with said bellows whereby the characterof the sounds emitted by one sounding element is dis tinguished from thesounds emitted by the other sounding element and means to prevent anysubstantial tilting of the said weight during the movement thereof.

10. A voicing apparatus, comprising in combination, a casing, a gravityoperated bellows in said casing comprising a flexible wall, a movableweighted member secured to said wall, a guiding rod secured to andprojecting through said movable member, means .upon each side of saidmember to guide said rod and said weighted member in their movement,means set into operation by air expeiled by said bellows to producesound, and means carried by said rod to interrupt the flow of air tomodify the sound.

11. A double acting sound producing device comprising a casing, abellows in the casing, said bellows comprising a flexible body having anend thereof permanently secured with respect to the casing, the otherend thereof being secured to a gravity movable weighty member, whichweighty memher is adapted to freely reciprocate lengthwise of thecasing, spaced sound producing devices adapted to be alternatelyactuated by the reciprocation of the weighty member and means carried bythe weighty member adapted to interrupt the sound issuing from one ofsaid sound producing devices.

12. A sound producing device, comprising a pair of spaced soundingmembers, means arranged between said sounding mem bers for causing thesounding members to operate, said means including a bellows, transversesupports through which said rod slides, said rod and a rod extendingfrom each end of the bellows acting as a guide for said bellows.

18. A sounding device, comprising a pair of spaced sounding members, oneof said sounding members having a spaced pair of articulating disks, aweighted bellows arranged between said sounding members for providingair for causing said sounding members to operate and guiding means forguiding the bellows and said disks.

let. A sound producing device comprising a casing, a sounding device, abellows, the bellows being made of flexible material and being whollyenclosed within the casing, one end of said bellows being positionedagainst the side Walls of the casing, a supporting member for thebellows, the outer surface of the supporting member bearing against saidend of the bellows and pressing it against the side walls of the casingthereby fixing it to the casing walls and rendering it air-tight aroundthe fixed end thereof, the opposite end of the bellows being secured toa weighty member, said weighty member being free to reciprocate bygravity toward and away from the fixed end of the bellows and during itsreciprocation in one direction substantially exhausting the bellows ofair.

15. In a device of the character described, the combination with a headof a vocalizing housing secured to said head, a pneumatic operablevocalizer in said housing, a bellows secured to said head and ope ableto cause said vocalizer to operate, there being an aperture in saidhousing, a spindle connected to said bellows and reciprocably mounted 1and guided by said head, disks on said spindle cooperatingintermittently to close said aperture thereby to interrupt the soundproduced by said vocalizer, when the bellows are operated, and a supportcooperating with said head for guiding said spindle in its reciprocation.

16. A sound producing device comprising a casing, a sounding device, abellows, the bellows being made of flexible material and being whollyenclosed within the casing, one

end of said bellows being positioned against the side walls of thecasing, a circular supporting member for the bellows positioned acrossthe casing, the outer surface of the supporting member bearing againstsaid end of the bellows and pressing it against the side walls of theeasing thereby fixing it to th casing walls and rendering it air-tightaround the fixed end thereof, the sounding device being carried by thesupporting member, the opposite end of the bellows being secured to aweighty member, said weighty member being free to reciprocate by gravitytoward and away from the fixed end of the bellows and during itsreciprocation in one direction substantially exhausting the bellows ofair.

BURT E. LLOYD.

